The goal of this cross-sectional observational study is to analyze childbirth-related PTSD, traumatic birth experiences and stress symptoms postpartum. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• What is the prevalence of traumatic birth experiences, PTSD and stress symptoms in a Swedish postnatal sample?
• What are the risk factors for postnatal mental ill-health?

Additional goals are to make cross-cultural translations of the instruments City BiTS and Birth Satisfaction Scale - Revised.

Participants will answer an online surveys including several instruments measuring postnatal stress and mental ill-health.

Inclusion Criteria: having given birth 6-16 weeks previously -

Exclusion Criteria: having given birth to a child that did not survive

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All women who had given birth at the participated clinics and whom answered to the inclusion and exclusion criteria